Spectacle bridge rest



Cl, W. HOLMES ET AL.

June 2, 1925.

SPECTACLE BRIDGE REDT Filed Aug. 31, 1922 I f Snowdon; Vm/"2x69 f7 15? ZwZezf Patented June 2, 1925. i n i. 'A

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'CHARLES w. ,HOLMES AND vsmania. c; HAssLn, or LiEnTY, MISSOURI.

SPECTACLE nemen nns'r.`

-Application led .August 31, 1922. Serial No. 585,468.

To all whom it may concern: of the ridge of the nose in connection with Be it known that CHARLES W. HOLMES which it isto be worn by giving it a neoes- 50 and SAMUEL C. .HAssLnR, citizens of the sary curvature in one direction or an United States of America, residing at Libother,'to-wit either conVe'Xed or concaved erty, in the county of Clay and State of' at its rear side, the lower terminal of the Missouri, hare invented new and useful Imsame being deflected outwardly or forwardly provements in a Spectacle Bridge Rest, of as indicated at 14. l 55 which` the following is a specification. The rest may be attached permanently to The object ot the invention is to provide the bridge but i'net'erably is detachably ena simple and eicient means for use' in oo ngaged therewith to permit of its being apnection with thel bridgeot' spectacles t'or "plied to spectacles already in use, and ot preventing thel scarring or .cutting of the being removed from time totime as may be 60 flesh or skin ot the wearersnose incident to desired by' the wearer. and to this end as theweight of the spectacles and the com 'indicated in the drawing itisprovided with parative narrowness of bearing of the alspring loop 15 formed by folding the np- .bridge on the ridge of the nose; and urper end of the leat' upon itself. and turning thermore to provide a device for the purpose the eritremity'otl the loop inward and np#- 65 indicated which may bereadilylapplied to ward to torni a spring tongue 16 with a. and removed from spectacles .already in use transverse depression or seat 17 fit the 20 so that the saine may be employed and marbridge. rlhis construction provides tor keted as an attachment adaptable to comslipping the rest into and out ot engagemercial types of spectacles; and with these `ment with the bridge and adapting it to 70 objects in view the invention consists in 'a snap into place and be held against acciconstruction and combination of parts of dental displacement while affording a sub- "which a preferred embodiment is shown in stantially broad bearing surface tor conthe accompanying drawings, vwhererm-A tact with the ridge of the wearers-nose Figure l is a view of a pair of spectacles The tongue 16 has a protrus'ion 16 which 75 ot which the bridge. is fitted with a rest con-v cooperates with the loop to prevent dis-V structed in accordance with the invention. placement of. the rest` especially when the Figure '9;is a detail View of the bridge I spectacles are' in position on the nose.

regt detached, u Having described the invention, what is lI `igure` 3 vis an edge view of the bridge claimed asy new and useful isz- 1 met.: f .y A spectacle brii'lge. rest comprising a sin` 'lhe rest-1Q consists of a leaf or prefergle leaf of material ot substantial elongated ablyyielding .or lspring material such as :form with one end adapted torbearing enthinmetal, celluloid,-hard rubber or the gagement with the ridge ,ot the nose, the equivalent thereofengaged atits upper end other end of the. leaf being bent toiform a 85 with 'a bridge ll otthe spectacles 12 to re-` loop. one, wall of the loop being relient withlieve the nose of the wearer of the pressure in and conforming to the loop, causing a 40 o-tthe bridge and constitute the extended seat to 'be formed for the reception ot' the bearing upon the nose ot the ,wearerl as dis'- bridge. the termina-l of the rebent portion tinguishcd from `the comparatively narrow vharing a bulge a short dist-ance below the 90 'transverse bearingot'the 'ordinarylnidge.- crotch otv the seat to retain the bridge en- 'Ihe leaf is extended in the` direction'o'f the v.'gagved inthe seat.

length of the nose ofther wearer or In ,a di# ln. te-stin'iony whereof they affix their sigrection perpendicular lto' the lplane of the'. natures. v bridge and should be of suicient'flexibility i y CHARLES W. ll'OLMES.

'to adapt -it to be shaped't'o lconform to that v SAMUEL C. HASSLER.

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